"A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives."

"I don't want to be remembered as a great baseball player. I want to be remembered as a man who fought for what he believed in."

"The way I figured it, I was a black man in a white man's world. I had to make my own way."

"I believe in the American way, and I believe in American ideals, and I believe in the American people."

"The game of baseball is not just a game, it's a way of life."